- Agonalia — one of four dies agonales during which the Rex Sacrorum would sacrifice a ram in the Regia; on this occasion apparently in honour of Janus.
- 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Felix and companions in Africa
- 302 A.D. — martyrdom of Julian and companions at Antioch
- c. 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Marciana at Caesarea (Mauretania)
ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ January 8, 2026
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Archaeologists find near-complete Iron Age battle trumpet in west Norfolk | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/battle-trumpet-carnyx-west-norfolk-b2895812.html
Near-complete bronze carnyx among Iron Age hoard discovery
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/01/near-complete-bronze-carnyx-among-iron-age-hoard-discovery/156712
Rare 2,000-year-old war trumpet, possibly linked to Celtic queen Boudica, discovered in England | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/rare-2-000-year-old-war-trumpet-possibly-linked-to-celtic-queen-boudica-discovered-in-england
Archaeologists discover signs of Roman industrial hub at site in Sunderland | Sunderland | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/08/archaeology-roman-whetstone-offerton-sunderland-river-wear
Toxic pigment found in 2,000-year-old women’s graves | Science in Poland
https://scienceinpoland.pl/en/news/news%2C110954%2Ctoxic-pigment-found-2000-year-old-womens-graves.html
Important Archaeological Finds in Rafina, Attica – The National Herald
https://www.thenationalherald.com/important-archaeological-finds-in-rafina-attica/
Why Julius Caesar’s Last Words Were in Greek? – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/07/julius-caesar-last-words-greek/
Justinian-era harbour uncovered at ancient Peyia | Cyprus Mail
https://cyprus-mail.com/2026/01/08/justinian-era-harbour-uncovered-at-ancient-peyia
A return to the classical foundations of American statecraft – Engelsberg ideas
A return to the classical foundations of American statecraft
History Repeating | Sphinx
Notes on Accettola on Nabataean epigraphy and identity – Liv Mariah Yarrow
The Joy of Correspondence – Liv Mariah Yarrow
Notes on Fajardo on Anonymous Civil War coinages of 68-69 BCE – Liv Mariah Yarrow
Notes on Fajardo on Anonymous Civil War coinages of 68-69 BCE
Public Domain Day 2026 | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
Plato Censored as Texas A&M Carries Out Course Review
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/academic-freedom/2026/01/07/plato-censored-texas-am-carries-out-course-review
What Thucydides Really Thought About Technology and War
Latinum Books – longform fiction Latin and English
https://latinum.substack.com/p/latinum-books-longform-fiction-latin?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3282716&post_id=183876586&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Hugh Laurie Set to Film New Series “Dig” in Greece – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/08/hugh-laurie-film-new-series-dig-greece/
Homeric Redshirts and Iliad 10: Introducing Dolon – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
Laudator Temporis Acti: Jealousy
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/01/jealousy.html
XXX Ulpia Victrix – Mainzer Beobachter
PaleoJudaica.com: Is AI replacing archaeologists? Nope.
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/is-ai-replacing-archaeologists-nope.html
PaleoJudaica.com: Another review of Conybeare, Augustine the African
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/another-review-of-conybeare-augustine.html
PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Buckley, 1800 Years Of Encounters With Mandaeans
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/review-of-buckley-1800-years-of.html
Book Review: Plato Goes to China: The Greek Classics and Chinese Nationalism , Shadi Bartsch
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Fall of Sparta – The Ancients | Acast
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(459) Diversity in Early Christianity with Dr. Paula Fredriksen – YouTube
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ANE Today, 8 January 2026 – The Ancient Near East Today
https://ancientneareasttoday.substack.com/p/ane-today-8-january-2026?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3497924&post_id=183809383&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Pasts Imperfect (1.8.26)
https://pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/pasts-imperfect-1-8-26/?ref=pasts-imperfect-newsletter
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vi idus januarias
- 13 A.D. — consecration of the signum Iustitiae Augustae by the future emperor Tiberius
- ca 175 — martyrdom of Apollinaris
ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ January 7, 2026
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Boudica’s horn of horror: Iron Age treasures unearthed in Norfolk include a battle trumpet to inspire warriors during combat | Daily Mail Online
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15438693/Remarkable-hoard-Iron-Age-battle-trumpet.html
‘Extraordinary’ Roman era bone box found in Worcestershire town
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c74vm30wrlyo
Massive Roman grave revealed in Penrith A66 excavation
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1lzvg2532mo
Significant New Archaeological Findings in Tenea, Greece – The National Herald
https://www.thenationalherald.com/significant-new-archaeological-findings-in-tenea-greece/
Protective “Solomon’s Knot” mosaic uncovered in ancient Smyrna
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/01/protective-solomons-knot-mosaic-uncovered-in-ancient-smyrna/156706
Did Ancient Greeks Cheat the Romans With Knock-Off Wine? – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/07/ancient-greeks-crete-cheat-romans-wine/
A Complete Byzantine Monastery Discovered Beneath the Desert Sands of Southern Egypt
A Complete Byzantine Monastery Discovered Beneath the Desert Sands of Southern Egypt
Completion of the archaeological excavation at Agios Georgios, Pegeia – Gov.cy
https://www.gov.cy/en/culture/completion-of-the-archaeological-excavation-at-agios-georgios-pegeia/
Offerton Roman factory ‘hidden in plain sight’ on River Wear
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyv54yvevd9o
Huckabee Takes Grandkids to West Bank Settlement for Archaeological Tour, Finding ‘Amazing Ancient Coins’ – Israel News
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2026-01-06/ty-article/.premium/huckabee-family-discovers-ancient-coins-on-west-bank-settlement-archaeological-tour/0000019b-93bf-dd67-a9ff-9bbf08120000
When did Mount Vesuvius erupt? Experts can’t seem to agree. | National Geographic
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/mount-vesuvius-eruption-pompeii?loggedin=true&rnd=1767812768465
The Amateur Archaeologist Who Found the Wrong Troy
Writing Wednesday: The Kiln, Come Context, and a Conclusion | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
Venezuela and Rome | Blog post | Mary Beard
David, King of Love | Bible Interp
https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/articles/david-king-love
The Roman Army at Armageddon – Biblical Archaeology Society
The Heavenly Antinous – The lost constellation from the Almagest – Ancient World Magazine
https://www.ancientworldmagazine.com/articles/heavenly-antinous-lost-constellation-almagest/
New Funding from the NEH for a Digital Edition of Aristotle’s Poetics » Perseus Digital Library Updates
New Funding from the NEH for a Digital Edition of Aristotle’s Poetics
What surface ceramics reveal about cultures and connections – Durham University
https://www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/latest-news/2026/01/what-surface-ceramics-reveal-about-cultures-and-connections/
NYU Undergrads Developed Egyptian Hieroglyph Recognition Applications at ArchaeoHack 2025 — Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/archaeohack-2025
In Attempt To Smear Trump The Left Is Butchering Ancient History
https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/07/in-an-attempt-to-smear-trump-the-left-is-butchering-ancient-history/
[wtf?]Were the Odyssey’s Cyclopes Actually Minoans? – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/06/odyssey-cyclopes-minoans/
Spencer Alley: Roman Heads
https://spenceralley.blogspot.com/2026/01/roman-heads.html
Alexander de Grote in Alexandrië – Mainzer Beobachter
PaleoJudaica.com: Huckabee family finds ancient coins & stuff in West Bank caves
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/huckabee-family-finds-ancient-coins.html
PaleoJudaica.com: Reviewlet of MacDonald, Carthage: A New History
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/reviewlet-of-macdonald-carthage-new.html
PaleoJudaica.com: ‘Atiqot Volume 119 (2025)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/atiqot-volume-119-2025.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Missing Evidence in the Study of Ancient Cultures: Methodological Reflections and Case Studies on Fragmentary Sources
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/01/missing-evidence-in-study-of-ancient.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Favissa: Past Archaeological Excavation Reports
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/01/favissa-past-archaeological-excavation.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: In aller Vielfalt: Geschlechter, Sexualitäten, Beziehungsformen im Neuen Testament und seinen Kontexten
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/01/in-aller-vielfalt-geschlechter.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Happy New Year and happy seventeenth birthday to AWOL
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/01/happy-new-year-and-happy-sixteenth.html
Painting Pompeii: Painters, Practices, and Organization, by Francesca Bologna | American Journal of Archaeology
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/740029?utm_source=Archaeological+Institute+of+America&utm_campaign=e8f041d664-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_16_11_36_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-894de77e7c-215971384&mc_cid=e8f041d664&mc_eid=693126d49d
Archaeology of Colour: Technical Art History Studies in Greek and Roman Painting and Polychromy, edited by Hariclia Brecoulaki | American Journal of Archaeology
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/740027?utm_source=Archaeological+Institute+of+America&utm_campaign=e8f041d664-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_16_11_36_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-894de77e7c-215971384&mc_cid=e8f041d664&mc_eid=693126d49d
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Episode A8 – Who Was King – The Ancient World – Apple Podcasts
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(435) Archaeology in Action: The Shape of Punic Cities – YouTube
(435) Duelists and Boxers: Unique Gladiator Types You Never Knew – YouTube
Last Roman Gladiator Arena Unearthed In Switzerland – video Dailymotion
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Professor who died in Mass. house fire remembered as ‘brilliant and loving’ – masslive.com
https://www.masslive.com/news/2026/01/professor-who-died-in-mass-house-fire-remembered-as-brilliant-and-loving.html
Prof. Stephen Hodkinson, ‘Spartan Warriors? Modern Myths and Ancient Realities’ « The Classical Association in Northern Ireland
Prof. Stephen Hodkinson, ‘Spartan Warriors? Modern Myths and Ancient Realities’
CCC 2026: Cooperate, contain, confront
CCC 2026: Children of a Lesser God?
FIEC Blog: Inaugural meeting of the Center for Studies of Ancient Mediterranean Music (CEMAM)
https://fiecnet.blogspot.com/2026/01/inaugural-meeting-of-center-for-studies.html
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vii idus januarias
- 43 B.C. — dies imperii (officially) of Octavian
- ?? A.D. — the future emperor Tiberius becomes one of the VIIvir epulonum
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